8-K/A

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K/A Amendment No. 1

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

TELEFLEX INCORPORATED

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

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Explanatory Note

This Current Report on Form 8-K/A (this “Amendment No. 1”) is being filed as an amendment to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Teleflex Incorporated (the “Company”) on May 5, 2022 (the “Original 8-K”). The Original 8-K was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to report, among other things, the results of the matters submitted to a vote by the Company’s stockholders at the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on April 29, 2022. The purpose of this Amendment No. 1 is to amend and restate Item 5.07 in the Original 8-K in its entirety to amend a typographical error in the description of Proposal 5 that was included above the final voting results table for that proposal. Except as set forth herein, this Amendment No. 1 does not amend or update any other information set forth in the Original 8-K.

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

(a) At the 2022 Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on:

•the election of three directors of the Company to serve for a term of three years or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified;

•the approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers;

•the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2022;

•a proposal to provide for the phased-in declassification of the Board through (a) the approval of the A&R Bylaws and (b) the approval of the A&R Certificate of Incorporation, each as referenced above; and

•a stockholder proposal to amend limited voting requirements in the Company’s governing documents.

(b) The final voting results with respect to each proposal are set forth below.

1.    Election of Directors

2.    Advisory Vote on Compensation of Named Executive Officers

3.    Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

4.    Proposal to Provide for the Phased-In Declassification of the Company’s Board of Directors through:

4A.    Approval of A&R Bylaws to Provide for the Phased-In Declassification of the Company’s Board of Directors

4B.    Approval of A&R Certificate of Incorporation to Provide for the Phased-In Declassification of the Company’s Board of Directors

5.    Stockholder Proposal to Amend Limited Voting Requirements in the Company’s Governing Documents

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.